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The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.

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Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.

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Liberty is about the right to question everything.

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When I first got into the first-year study after the Cultural Revolution, got into the same school with this group, I wasn't conscious of the so-called "Fifth Generation." I didn't like that kind of study condition because there's no real, true education there.

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You're still being looked at as somebody who - it's a very complicated issue.

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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.

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Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don't think there's anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.

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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state's angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.

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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom

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I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.

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Individual; that means he has his own special way to communicate, which creates the form of him. In the information age, this expression and communication has become so different.

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I don't think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not. You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it's empty.

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The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.

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Once I was in New York, I completely had no interest for a long time in what happened in China because I had been through so much. Seeing my father's life struggle and so many whole generations lose their potential or possibility in their lives. Just being pushed into this political struggle and the damage done not only to their lives but their relatives.

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New York is a city where you're so alone, you're an individual, you can disappear. You can make something happen. But it's very different to make something happen in the art world.

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The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it...it's very disturbing.

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I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.

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Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred; they don't care what happens.

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The idea to use backpacks came from my visit to Sichuan after the earthquake in May 2008. During the earthquake many schools collapsed. Thousands of young students lost their lives, and you could see bags and study material everywhere. Then you realize individual life, media, and the lives of the students are serving very different purposes. The lives of the students disappeared within the state propaganda, and very soon everybody will forget everything.

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